Editing Touch-and-go landing (section)

{{Short description|Flying maneuver}}
[[File:Royal Thai Air Force Airbus A340-500 touch-and-go at Phuket 5Oct2016.webm|thumb|A touch-and-go of an [[Airbus A340-500]] of the [[Royal Thai Air Force]] at [[Phuket Airport]]]]

In [[aviation]], a '''touch-and-go landing''' ('''TGL''')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icao.int/NACC/Documents/Meetings/2014/ECARAIM/REF03-ICAOCodes.pdf |title=DOC 8400 (ICAO Abbreviations and Codes) |series=Procedures for Air Navigation Services |year=2010 |author=International Civil Aviation Organization |pages=1–15; 1–33 |accessdate=2017-04-10}}</ref> or '''circuit and bump''' is a maneuver that is common when learning to fly a [[fixed-wing aircraft]]. It involves landing on a [[runway]] and [[takeoff|taking off]] again without coming to a full stop. Usually the pilot then circles the [[airport]] in a defined pattern known as a [[Airfield traffic pattern|circuit]] and repeats the maneuver. This allows many landings to be practiced in a short time.<ref>[http://www.aopa.org/asf/publications/inst_reports2.cfm?article=4457 Teaching Touch And Goes (sic)]</ref>

If the pilot brings the aircraft to a full stop before taking off again, it is known as a "stop-and-go". If the aircraft's wheels do not touch the ground, it is known as a "low pass".  Both a touch-and-go landing and a low pass are types of [[go-around]].  An unplanned touch-and-go landing is also called a "rejected landing" or "balked landing".

Touch-and-go landings can perform a crucial safety role when a plane lands with not enough space to come to a complete stop, but has enough space to accelerate and take off again.